London Street Scene Hand Knit 19-26" English Cap

$55.00

Hand Knit English Stripe Cap by Sara Dickfoss. Hat size 20".

This cap is an interpretation of a cap seen in the background of the 1770 Scene in a London Street by John Collet at The Yale Center for British Art. There are many other similar caps in other artwork from the 1740s to 1790s and appears to be a common type worn mostly by English landsmen and sometimes by sailors. The cap is hand knit and fulled of 100% wool into a dense, warm, water resistant 11" tall cap. The cap can be worn slightly folded over at the top or with a brim folded up. It is knit with red and oatmeal colored 2 ply yarn so the white has a natural look to it more common of the meaner sorts. Since each cap is hand made no two are alike. Pattern developed by Colleen Humphreys.